The Russellville Democrat., 1887-08-10
STANLEY'S HABITS.
How the Great Explorer Preserved HI
 Health Under Trying Circumstances.

HOW the Sreat freSerFeQ HIS
 Health Under Trying Circumstances.
 '.I am now forty-four years of age," said he, ''and spite of all the hardships endured upon my travels through The Dark Continent have never felt bet ter in my life. y
 And you attribute this to what?"
 ..To the accumulation of information on correct habits of health. /"
 .How did you come to take interest in the subjectpn
 "I didn't begin to study health for the sake of the study. It was in the course of special work came to New York in 1867 and was sent by Mir. James Gordon Bennett, of the New York Herald, to accompany General Napier's expedition to Abyssinia.
 "Then your education in health laws beganP'
 "Yes, practically. had not thought much about the subject before, even then it was not deep study. l only saw how much work could be done with simple habits. I used no liquor; my food consisted of meat, procured by the slaughter of the cattle of the coun- try, and common dark bread, made from millet, and milk. was not day ill from the beginning until the expedition returned home in May, 1868. In the Cretan revolution, 1868, I also represented the New York Herald, and my health experience was the same. 1 had plenty of plain food, meats, rye bread and milk. In the early part of 1869 went to Spain for the Herald. It was the time of the Carlist war. My habits continued still about the same. '"
 Were you able to bathe regularly?'
 "CeItainly. I usef tepid bath every morning when spending some time in one place. and regularly at the end of march. l have always used rough towel vigorously after bathing, and find the exercise and friction most agreeable. At Zanzibar l formed an expedition for the finding and relief of Dr. Livingstone. I em- ployed two white men and 200 natives. One of the white men, Shaw, had been mate of an American ship, and the other, Farquahar, mate of an English ship. Both had been accustomed to hardship, but were fond of liquor It was the awful consequences attending their indulgence in it that first aroused my attention to the effect of alcoholic stimulants in Africa. Isent Farquahar forward few miles to form camp, and when paying up the hotel and other bills. found that he had drank up eighteen bottles of brandy before start ing. The effect upon him was still yisi- ble after we had journeyed 150 miles. He then became dropsical and died. Shaw had been helping him to consume the brandy at Zanzibar. He was mo- rose. and when he could get no moro lcftme at Unyanyenbe, 900 miles march. His object was to find an opportunity to drink to his hearts content of the stale beer obtainable there. 1 heard that he, in delirium l suppose, put an end to his life. I continued my jour- ney with the natives until 1 found Livingstone, in few weeks afterward. He was lodged at Il place within 900 miles of Zanzibar, 10 reach which it took me eight months. In the course of our conversation he said; Wine and women have been the curse of the white man in Africa. By wine he meant every intoxicating beverage of the country"
 Was Dr. Livingstone Il teetotalerp"
 Tn Africa he never touched liquor of any kind!'